A lifetime of love: Three generations of 'Pamir Eagles'

On the Pamir Plateau, at an average altitude exceeding 4,000 meters and regarded as a "forbidden zone of life," three generations of the Bayika Kailidibieke family have successively guarded the border.

Bayika Kailidibieke, recipient of the national honorary title "People's Guardian,"has long been guiding officers and soldiers in this life-threatening region.

He is known as a "living map" of the border and a "Pamir Eagle" that will always soar in local hearts. He often says "Tashkurgan is where we live, and China is the country we call home. Without the Communist Party of China, there would be no New China. Without the national boundary markers, how could we even graze our herds?"